The latest news on live theater in Los Angeles from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
Plaza Mexico in Lynwood, CA will host its annual Cinco de Mayo event featuring a civic ceremony, performances by Plenazo Tribe, Los Caminantes, Buknas de Culiacan, and more, plus an LA Galaxy activation and family activities.
New Art City Theatre will present a four-day festival of new plays in Ventura.
Laura James, Tim Realbuto, and four-time Emmy winner Nigel Lythgoe will lead a staged reading of Bertolt Brecht's MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN at Theatre West in Hollywood, directed by Louis Fantasia.
The Southland has had its share of memorable Fugard stagings, and the newly-opened revival of “MASTER HAROLD” at the Geffen Playhouse boasts an impressive roster of artists and creatives – onstage and off – who bring this tale vibrantly to life.
Cross the bridge from Topanga Canyon Boulevard to Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum and immerse yourself in live outdoor theater.
David Byrne will bring his Who Is The Sky? tour to the Hollywood Bowl for two performances.
Tony Award-nominated performer Josh Groban and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Teddy Swims will perform at the 2026 Grammy Hall of Fame Gala in a special tribute honoring Warner Records.
Geffen Playhouse announced the cast for Pearl Cleage's ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS, directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson, featuring Michele Shay, Olivia Washington, Deborah Joy Winans, and Charlayne Woodard.
The Los Angeles Children's Chorus will present its annual Spring Concert at Pasadena Presbyterian Church, featuring nearly 400 choristers from six ensembles performing works by Bach, Verdi, Handel, and more.
Greenway Arts Alliance will present SMALL BUT AGGRESSIVE, a multi-character dark comedy written and performed by Denise Moses, exploring grief and loss through humor at Greenway Court Theatre in Los Angeles.
Laugh Factory Hollywood will host a week of comedy programming, including the touring show Laugh Through the Heartbreak.
FOOL IN THE POOL, the Hollywood Fringe Festival-nominated karaoke play starring Edward Kiniry-Ostro, will present four performances at El Condor Restaurant in Los Angeles before the landmark bar closes its doors.
A Role Playing Game, a new play written and directed by Trey Reinheimer, will premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
The Pasadena Choral Society will present Life of Mozart, a concert performance combining Mozart’s Requiem with a dramatic narrative drawn from the composer’s own writings.
Over 1,200 high school singers from 41 Southern California schools will perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall for the LA Master Chorale's 37th Annual High School Choir Festival, including a tribute to the late architect Frank Gehry.
Center Theatre Group has added ten new members to its Board of Directors: Stephen Cheung, Nancy Dennis, Sutton Foster, Jennifer Lewis, and more, bringing the number up to 56.
Ahead of its debut on April 27, Disney has shared a first look at footage from Songs in Sign Language, its collaboration with the Deaf West Theatre that reimagines songs from Frozen 2, Encanto, and Moana 2.
Rubicon Theatre Company has revealed the lineup for the 28th Season at the award-winning Southern California company, featuring five dramas, comedies, and musicals that explore the enduring power of family, community, memory, and shared humanity.
Broadway veteran Stephanie Pope will bring her critically acclaimed show LIVIN' IT UP to Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, directed by Tony winner Ben Vereen, featuring songs from CHICAGO, HADESTOWN, and more.
Barrett DeYoung makes his Hollywood Fringe Festival debut with HOLD THAT THOUGHT WHILE I SCREAM, a dark comedy-drama set in a 1940s therapist's office exploring loneliness, delusion, and the search for connection at The Hobgoblin Playhouse in Los Angeles.
Mira Costa sophomore Emery Gregory, who plays Regina George in the school’s production of “Mean Girls,” interviews Adrianna Rose Lyons, starring as the queen bee in McCoy Rigby Entertainment’s “Mean Girls” at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, running through May 3.
Maria Mainelli's solo show BABY BIPOLAR, a comedy about her bipolar 1 diagnosis during the pandemic, will make its West Coast premiere at The Hobgoblin Playhouse in Los Angeles as part of Hollywood Fringe 2026.
This Is A Front will stage the world premiere of KEEP YOURSELF SAFE, OR U-HAUL PLAY by Jay Stalder at MiViDa in Los Angeles, featuring two queer relationships at their limits in an immersive warehouse setting.
Prism Comics will present the 5th Annual Q Con in West Hollywood as part of WEHO Pride Month.
Crossing Delancey will be presented at Theatre Forty in Beverly Hills.
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Next to Normal Phantasma Arts (7/17-7/25) |
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After the Blast The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) |
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Catch Me If You Can The Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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E=MC² Einstein The Musical Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center (7/03-7/26) |
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Emily Skinner: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/14-8/15) |
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Fool for Love Santa Monica Playhouse (7/23-7/26) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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"Once Upon a Mattress" Whittier Community Theatre (9/12-9/26) |
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Peter Hook And The Light at Mountain Winery Mountain Winery (9/22-9/22) |
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SANTASIA - A Summer Immersive Sing Along & Film Festival Spectacular! Whitefire Theatre (7/25-7/26) |
